When we hold our ancestors and loved ones who have died in a heart filled with gratefulness, we experience them as before us, not behind us, outside of linear time. Thus we continue to receive their love and guidance; perhaps in ways we were never open to when they lived. Even if we did not know them.
Simply call on their names, say, "Thank you", and open your heart.
If you can just appreciate each thing, one by one, then you will have pure gratitude - Suzuki Roshi -
Thursday, March 29, 2007
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